Fix Outlook Send/Receive Error 0x8004010F

Aftab Alam
Updated On - 24 Jan 2019

MS Outlook users frequently get different kinds of errors due to reasons like PST file corruption, relocation of the PST file, Outlook profile corruption, PST corruption, etc. And a very common error encounter by all Outlook users is error 0x8004010F.

The 0x8004010F error occurs in Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 versions due to the corruption of Outlook profile. It stops the application from sending or receiving email messages. Whenever the user tries to send or receive an email, Outlook will give the following error:

0x8004010F: Outlook Data File cannot be accessed.

or

0x8004010F: The operation failed. An object could not be found.

How to fix the Outlook error 0x8004010F?

The solution to fix Outlook error is to identify the location of default Outlook data file (PST) and then create a new user profile to make it the default profile. Here is the complete process:

Method 3- Set the New Outlook Profile as the Default

To make the newly created Outlook profile as the default profile, follow the steps:

Go to Control panel and click Mail.

Now click on Show Profiles in the Mail Setup – Outlook.

Then in the Mail window select the newly created profile, click Properties.

In the Mail Setup windows, click on Email Accounts.

In Account Settings window, go to Data File and click Set as Default. Click Close.

Now the new Outlook data file is created, and it will work without any issues.

Resolve Outlook errors using PST Repair tool

Some Outlook errors can occur due to corruption of PST files too. To get rid of such errors completely, you need a PST recovery tool. Try Kernel for Outlook PST Repair to recover all the PST data with accuracy. It has advanced algorithms to find specific items based on various criteria like from, to, send date, receive date, etc. The recovered files can be directly migrated to cloud platforms like Office 365 or email servers like MS Exchange live Server etc.

One response to “Fix Outlook Send/Receive Error 0x8004010F”

hello there, I tried 1 or two methods to correct my outlook but not succeded.problem is it is not showing any kind of error instead it keeps on sending the mail but it’s not going out of the outbox. at bottom of the screen, it shows connecting to the server but doesn’t do anything.it keeps on sending and connecting but actually, nothing is going on.WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM?